04566nam 2200889 a 450 991045010370332120200520144314.00-8047-8030-710.1515/9780804780308(CKB)1000000000007222(OCoLC)301295008(CaPaEBR)ebrary10042881(SSID)ssj0000284097(PQKBManifestationID)11222569(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000284097(PQKBWorkID)10252234(PQKB)10409278(MiAaPQ)EBC3037444(Au-PeEL)EBL3037444(CaPaEBR)ebr10042881(OCoLC)939263321(DE-B1597)581280(DE-B1597)9780804780308(EXLCZ)99100000000000722220021119d2003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrSexual antipodes[electronic resource] enlightenment globalization and the placing of sex /Pamela CheekStanford Stanford University Press20031 online resource (260 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8047-4663-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-236) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I. METROPOLITAN ALLEGORIES -- 1. National Character, Publicity and Sex -- 2. Public Women in the French Body Politic -- 3. Public Life in Enlightenment Pornography -- PART 2. ANTIPODES -- 4. The Sexual Nature of South Sea Islands -- 5. British Encounter: Recognizing Sensibility -- 6. French Encounter: Crafting Transparency -- Notes -- IndexSexual Antipodes is about how Enlightenment print culture built modern national and racial identity out of images of sexual order and disorder in public life. It examines British and French popular journalism, utopian fiction and travel accounts about South Sea encounter, pamphlet literature, and pornography, as well as more traditional literary sources on the eighteenth century, such as the novel and philosophical essays and tales. The title refers to a premise in utopian and exoticist fiction about the southern portion of the globe: sexual order defines the character of the state. The book begins by examining how the idea of sexual order operated as the principle for explaining national differences in eighteenth-century contestation between Britain and France. It then traces how, following British and French encounters with Tahiti, the comparison of different national sexual orders formed the basis for two theories of race: race as essential character and race as degeneration.English literature18th centuryHistory and criticismErotic literature, EnglishHistory and criticismSex in literatureFrench literature18th centuryHistory and criticismTravelers' writings, EnglishHistory and criticismTravelers' writings, FrenchHistory and criticismErotic literature, FrenchHistory and criticismComparative literatureEnglish and FrenchComparative literatureFrench and EnglishGlobalizationHistory18th centuryImperialism in literatureSex customs in literatureColonies in literatureEnlightenmentOceaniaIn literatureElectronic books.English literatureHistory and criticism.Erotic literature, EnglishHistory and criticism.Sex in literature.French literatureHistory and criticism.Travelers' writings, EnglishHistory and criticism.Travelers' writings, FrenchHistory and criticism.Erotic literature, FrenchHistory and criticism.Comparative literatureEnglish and French.Comparative literatureFrench and English.GlobalizationHistoryImperialism in literature.Sex customs in literature.Colonies in literature.Enlightenment.820.9/3538Cheek Pamela894454MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450103703321Sexual antipodes1998195UNINA